Acapulco Joe’s Mexican Restaurant In the early 1950s, Jose Guadalupe Robles Rangel, otherwise known as Joe R. Rangel, boarded a bus in Corpus Christi,… Read More »Acapulco Joe’s Mexican Restaurant
George Alig Sr. (Feb. 24, 1852-Jan. 17, 1941). Born Johann Georg Alig in Affeier, Switzerland, a small village in the eastern Alps in… Read More »George Alig Sr.
Altenheim A group of prominent members of the Indianapolis , affiliated with Zion Evangelical Church, founded the nonprofit German Home for… Read More »Altenheim
The American Indian Center of Indiana Inc. The American Indian Center of Indiana (AICI) Inc., located in Indianapolis, is a non-profit organization that provides services to the… Read More »The American Indian Center of Indiana Inc.
Americanization and Nativism Although not recognized for its ethnic diversity, Indianapolis attracted periodic waves of foreign immigrants in the 1830s to 1850s (Germans… Read More »Americanization and Nativism
Americanization Programs in Schools Americanization programs were aimed at socializing immigrants and their children to the norms of middle-class, native-born Americans. That Americanization was… Read More »Americanization Programs in Schools
Ancient Order of Hibernians The Ancient Order of Hibernians is a National Irish Catholic organization that was founded in New York in 1836. The… Read More »Ancient Order of Hibernians
Arab Americans Arabic-speaking people began settling in Indianapolis in the late 1800s. Coming mainly from what today are the countries of Syria… Read More »Arab Americans
Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center Established in 1914, the Jewish Community Center (JCC) was originally part of the and housed in the Federation’s Communal Building… Read More »Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center
Asian Indians Asian Indians are persons of Indian-subcontinent origins. The United States Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion… Read More »Asian Indians